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Article #2979Re: POSIX means *Binary* Compatibility ! NOT !
From: David Dick
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 17:15
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 17:15
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In <rob.722278425@hp11> rob@hp11 (Rob Freyder) writes: >8-) >Hi, >Just had a conversation with a consultant regarding POSIX. According to >this consultant if I compile a POSIX program with a POSIX compiler the >resultant binary will run on any machine that supports the POSIX std. ! >I found this very amusing. For example if I compile on my SUN Sparc II >the binary can be copied unmodified to my HP 730 Snake box and run >unmodified ! Amazing story 31b !!! Why is anyone paying this consultant? When "experts" like this can get customers to listen to them, it's no wonder the industry is so confused. David Dick Software Innovations, Inc. [the Software Moving Company; converting software to UNIX for a decade]
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Newsgroups: comp.std.c Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!mv!siia!drd From: drd@siia.mv.com (David Dick) Subject: Re: POSIX means *Binary* Compatibility ! NOT ! Message-ID: <1992Nov21.171530.26735@siia.mv.com> Organization: Software Innovations, Inc. References: <rob.722278425@hp11> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 17:15:30 GMT Lines: 22